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Venantius Fortunatus

530 - 609

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Venantius Fortunatus has received more than 149,336 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Venantius Fortunatus is the 829th most popular writer (down from 765th in 2019), the 973rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 922nd in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Italian Writer.

Venantius Fortunatus was a Latin poet and bishop of Poitiers in the 6th century. He is most famous for his poem "Pange Lingua Gloriosi" which is a hymn to the Eucharist.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Venantius Fortunatus ranks 829 out of 7,302. Before him are Neale Donald Walsch, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Ibn Hawqal, Italo Svevo, Harry Mulisch, and Laura de Noves. After him are Franz Grillparzer, Zhang Sanfeng, John Bunyan, Gerard of Cremona, Bacchylides, and Adunis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 530, Venantius Fortunatus ranks 3. Before him are Pope Sabinian, and Alboin. After him are Sophia, Goiswintha, and Waldrada. Among people deceased in 609, Venantius Fortunatus ranks 1. After him is Tassilo I of Bavaria.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Venantius Fortunatus ranks 973 out of 5,161. Before him are Andrea della Robbia (1435), Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1562), Masolino da Panicale (1383), Florianus (232), Rachele Mussolini (1890), and Italo Svevo (1861). After him are Lucilla (150), Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400), Italo Gariboldi (1879), Scribonia (-70), Pietro Pomponazzi (1462), and Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1870).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Venantius Fortunatus ranks 73. Before him are Valerius Maximus (-100), Marie Mancini (1639), Cesare Pavese (1908), Ibycus (-600), Pietro Bembo (1470), and Italo Svevo (1861). After him are Gerard of Cremona (1114), Vittoria Colonna (1490), Stesichorus (-630), Gaius Lucilius (-180), Gnaeus Naevius (-275), and Lucius Accius (-170).

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